The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJennifer Yuh Nelson
Written byChad Hodge
Based onThe Darkest Minds
by Alexandra Bracken
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKramer Morgenthau
Edited by
Music byBenjamin Wallfisch
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$34 million[1]
Box office$41.1 million[1]

The Darkest Minds is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, written by Chad Hodge and produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Levine. The film stars Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Mandy Moore and Gwendoline Christie. Based on Alexandra Bracken's 2012 young adult novel of the same name, it follows a group of children who are on the run from the government after obtaining superpowers due to a mysterious infection.

The Darkest Minds was released in the United States on August 3, 2018. It received negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb.[2]

  1. ^ a b "The Darkest Minds (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018's Biggest Box Office Bombs, From 'Gotti' to 'Solo'". The Wrap. 12 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.